- Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner will open the 13th season of USDA’s Farmers Market June 6 at 10 a.m. The opening ceremony will have live entertainment, raffle prizes and an information booth where customers can obtain free material on related USDA programs. The market is open to the public and will operate every Friday, June 6 through Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at USDA Headquarters on 12th St. and Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC.
- Corn growers can achieve outstanding postemergence broadleaf weed and grass control that lasts up to canopy, with new Bayer CropScience Laudis™ herbicide. With its new, proprietary safener technology, Laudis is designed to optimize herbicide performance while minimizing crop response.
- New research reveals how strip tilling, in combination with precision liquid fertilizer placement, can increase efficiencies and profitability, according to tillage trials conducted at Orthman Research Farm in Lexington, Neb. Click here for more information about the Agri-Inject micro-tube system and strip tilling with an Orthman Manufacturing 1tRIPr preplant tillage tool.
- Curry Seed Company and Pioneer Hi-Bred have reached an agreement regarding the purchase of the “Curry Seed” brand name. This transaction will greatly expand Curry Seed corn trait offerings. In addition, Curry Seed will be introducing the first complete soybean lineup in its 73-year history.
- Asoyia was named Eastern Iowa’s “Fastest Growing Company” by the Entrepreneurial Development Center and the Corridor Business Journal. Asoyia was formed in 2004 by 25 Iowa farmers and today has 10 full-time employees.
